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    Home » Uncategorized » Thotakura Pappu ~ Amaranth Dal

    Last Updated: July 17, 2020 | First Published on: July 4, 2010 by Hari Chandana Ponnaluri

    Thotakura Pappu ~ Amaranth Dal

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    Ingredients :Amaranth Leaves : 3 to 4 bunches
    Yellow Lentil / Toor dal : 1 cup
    Onion : 1
    Green Chillies : 3 to 4
    Tamarind : small lime sized
    Turmeric powder : ¼ tsp
    Red Chilli Powder : ½ tsp
    Mustard Seeds : 1 tsp
    Chana Dal : 1 tsp
    Urad dal : 1 tsp
    Dry red chilli : 1
    Salt to taste
    Oil : 1 tsp
    A pinch of hing

    Method :Wash yellow lentil properly with plenty of water. Put the washed lentil and 2 cups of water in a pressure cooker and cook till 3 whistles. Soak the tamarind in water for 10 minutes. Then squeeze the extract out of it and keep aside. Remove the stems from the amaranth leaves. Wash and chop the leaves and set aside. Peel the onions and cut them into medium pieces. Put the onion pieces, chopped leaves, green chillies, turmeric and water in a bowl and cook for 10 minutes. Now add the tamarind pulp, cooked dal, salt and red chilli powder to it. Let it cook for 5 minutes and turn off the flame. Heat oil in a pan for seasoning. Add the mustard seeds, chanadal, urad dal and let them splutter. When they start to splutter add red chilli and hing and stir for a few minutes. Remove from the flame and pour over the dal mixture. Mix well and serve hot with steamed rice or roti.

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    Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: amaranth, dals

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    1. Sushma Mallya says

      July 05, 2010 at 10:52 am

      Healthy dal, have not use amarnath leaves till now in cooking but seems really good..

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    2. Nandini says

      July 05, 2010 at 11:10 am

      It's a nutritious and yummy dal! I'd love to have some with rice!

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    3. Suja Sugathan says

      July 05, 2010 at 5:25 pm

      Yummuy and comforting dal..looks awesome.

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    4. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says

      July 06, 2010 at 7:34 pm

      Lovely basic dal and what beautiful memories of amma making this 🙂

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